Coaches Manual - NAIA

E. Altitude and Track Size Adjustments
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
TRACK & FIELD COACHES MANUAL
For qualification procedures, the NCAA Division II altitude and track size adjustments as published by the NCAA are used.
The TFRRS reporting system will automatically convert raw times based on the NCAA Division II altitude and track size
adjustments. The NAIA Standards Committee will determine appropriate formulas as needed for NAIA national
championship events that do not have an NCAA altitude or track size adjustment.
II. ENTRY PROCEDURES
A. Right-of-Membership Entries
The “A” standard is the automatic qualifying mark for entry into the NAIA National Championship meets. The “B”
standard requires a coach to use a right-of-membership entry to gain access to the NAIA National Championship
meets.
A. No more than three right-of-membership entries for women and three for men may be used.
B. Right-of-membership entries for individual events can be utilized only if the student-athlete attained a “B”
standard for the event during the current season. “B” standards are set by the standards committee of
the NAIA Track and Field Coaches Association.
C. One of the three right-of-membership entries per gender may be used to enter one relay team for that
gender. The relay must meet the “B” standard for the event in the current season.
D. The final performance lists are available by 1:00 p.m. CST on Monday, February 18 for Indoor and
Monday, May 13 for Outdoor. The Top 16 marks for both individual events and relays that meet the “B”
or “A” standards ON THE FINAL PERFORMANCE LIST will automatically qualify for the respective
championship; no right-of-membership entry is required.
B. Submission of Performance/Entry Marks – Electronic Meet Results
All performances to be used for qualification for the indoor and outdoor national championships must be submitted using
the TFRRS submission process in accordance with the procedures outlined above in the Reporting Rosters and Results
Section of this manual.
A real-time list of ALL NAIA accepted qualified entries will be available in the performance list section of the TFRRS website
at www.TFRRS.org.
A real-time list of YOUR TEAM’S QUALIFIERS will be available in your DirectAthletics and/or TFRRS Account by logging in
and going to the POP tab, then “Current Qualifiers”.
C. Maximum Entries Per Event
Institutions may enter as many athletes into an event as there are places to score (six indoor/eight outdoor).
D. Entry Fees
The entry fee for each track and field national championship is $100 per team plus $5 per athlete on the final declared
roster, regardless of the number of events. Men and women are considered separate teams. The maximum any one
institution pays in entry fees is capped at $300 (combined cost for both men’s and women’s teams).
Fees are paid at the coaches check-in on site at the respective championship events. Checks should be made payable to
"NAIA Track.”
E. Multi-Event Field
For the multi-events (Indoor – women’s pentathlon/men’s heptathlon; Outdoor – women’s heptathlon/men’s decathlon), the
field is limited to the top 16 declared athletes.
III. ONLINE DECLARATION PROCEDURES
Prior to the indoor and outdoor national championships, coaches are required to DECLARE every qualified relay and every
qualified individual entry that will compete in the championship meet. Final declarations are processed online using
DirectAthletics (www.directathletics.com) in accordance with the directions and timeline below.
Coaches must DECLARE multi-event athletes during the designated time period. The top 16 DECLARED multi-event
athletes will be accepted into the national championships.
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